Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 2005-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780340888933
History can be very a public issue of national identity and is often distorted and manipulated by governments and interest groups. This book tackles the public, non-academic interpretation of history from a global perspective instead of the more traditional Western-dominated model.
Author : David J. Staley
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 34,96 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0739117548
Perhaps the most important histiographic innovation of the twentieth century was the application of the historical method to wider and more expansive areas of the past. Where historians once defined the study of history strictly in terms of politics and the actions and decisions of Great Men, historians today are just as likely to inquire into a much wider domain of the past, from the lives of families and peasants, to more abstract realms such as the history of mentalities and emotions. Historians have applied their method to a wider variety of subjects; regardless of the topic, historians ask questions, seek evidence, draw inferences from that evidence, create representations, and subject these representations to the scrutiny of other historians. This book severs the historical method from the past altogether by applying that method to a domain outside of the past. The goal of this book is to apply history-as-method to the study of the future, a subject matter domain that most historians have traditionally and vigorously avoided. Historians have traditionally rejected the idea that we can use the study of history to think about the future. The book reexamines this long held belief, and argues that the historical method is an excellent way to think about and represent the future. At the same time, the book asserts that futurists should not view the future as a scientist might--aiming for predictions and certainties--but rather should view the future in the same way that an historian views the past.
Author : Francis Andrew McMichael
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Histoire - Recherche
ISBN : 9780882952307
The Internet and the World Wide Web : a short history of the Internet -- How to find history Web sites -- Using and evaluating online materials -- The rest of the "Net" -- Putting content on the Web -- some suggestions.
Author : Sam Wineburg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 022635735X
A look at how to teach history in the age of easily accessible—but not always reliable—information. Let’s start with two truths about our era that are so inescapable as to have become clichés: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percent of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive. All of it is pernicious. With the Internet at our fingertips, what’s a teacher of history to do? In Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone), professor Sam Wineburg has the answers, beginning with this: We can’t stick to the same old read-the-chapter-answer-the-question snoozefest. If we want to educate citizens who can separate fact from fake, we have to equip them with new tools. Historical thinking, Wineburg shows, has nothing to do with the ability to memorize facts. Instead, it’s an orientation to the world that cultivates reasoned skepticism and counters our tendency to confirm our biases. Wineburg lays out a mine-filled landscape, but one that with care, attention, and awareness, we can learn to navigate. The future of the past may rest on our screens. But its fate rests in our hands. Praise for Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone) “If every K-12 teacher of history and social studies read just three chapters of this book—”Crazy for History,” “Changing History . . . One Classroom at a Time,” and “Why Google Can’t Save Us” —the ensuing transformation of our populace would save our democracy.” —James W. Lowen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and Teaching What Really Happened “A sobering and urgent report from the leading expert on how American history is taught in the nation’s schools. . . . A bracing, edifying, and vital book.” —Jill Lepore, New Yorker staff writer and author of These Truths “Wineburg is a true innovator who has thought more deeply about the relevance of history to the Internet—and vice versa—than any other scholar I know. Anyone interested in the uses and abuses of history today has a duty to read this book.” —Niall Ferguson, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, and author of The Ascent of Money and Civilization
Author : Victor J. Katz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 2000-09-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780883851630
This volume examines how the history of mathematics can find application in the teaching of mathematics itself.
Author : P. Beck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 21,61 MB
Release : 2006-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0230501281
The extent to which history has been used to inform policy remains a neglected topic. Focusing upon the 1957 Whitehall policy initiative, this book enhances our knowledge of post-1945 Britain, illuminates debates about the nature and the use of history in the contemporary world, most notably the relationship between history and policy.
Author : Elizabeth Summerfield
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 2023-03-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1527502252
History is not typically the discipline of choice for teaching leadership thought for tackling complex environmental problem-solving. This book argues for its inclusion in programs for all ages. It argues that learning how to think in non-linear, non-binary ways - or systems thinking - leads to the successful resolution of such problems. It argues this through the use of historical case studies of the innovation of forest management in Australia and the United States of America. It argues that such problem-solving approaches can be taught from an early age, but can also be learned by leaders of any age. The particular historical context of such problems obviously changes over time, but this book argues that the principles of tackling them do not.
Author : Belle Wallace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1136635041
This practical resource book presents ways in which teachers can help to develop children's problem solving and thinking skills through a range of history topics. The book contains classroom-based activities that have been tried and evaluated by teachers and children. Most importantly, the contributors also show how the skills developed through rigorous historical investigations can be used across all areas of the curriculum. Topics covered include a detailed account of a world history investigation on Ancient Egypt; teaching historical skills using artifacts; small group work on local history, the Vikings and the Second World War; working in depth on aspects of the Tudors; and developing writing skills through a study of the Romans.
Author : David Gardner
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Computer-assisted instruction
ISBN : 0748733698
Covering the main areas of ICT that history teachers encounter, from Internet to DTP and creating and using spreadsheets, this book provides a matrix for teaching opportunities at Key Stage 3 and 4 / GCSE. It combines practical evaluation, advice and instruction, and includes a large selection of activity worksheets and exemplar sheets for specific applications that teachers can adapt and use in their own teaching.
Author : Terry Haydn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 35,92 MB
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135121060
Nearly all history teachers are interested in how new technology might be used to improve teaching and learning in history. However, not all history departments have had the time, expertise and guidance which would enable them to fully explore the wide range of ways in which ICT might help them to teach their subject more effectively. This much-needed collection offers practical guidance and examples of the ways in which new technology can enhance pupil engagement in the subject, impact on knowledge retention, get pupils learning outside the history classroom, and help them to work collaboratively using a range of Web 2.0 applications. The chapters, written by experienced practitioners and experts in the field of history education and ICT, explore topics such as: how to design web interactivities for your pupils what can you accomplish with a wiki how to get going in digital video editing what to do with the VLE? making best use of the interactive whiteboard designing effective pupil webquests digital storytelling in history making full use of major history websites using social media. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning in History is essential reading for all trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers of history. It addresses many of the problems, barriers and dangers which new technology can pose, but it also clearly explains and exemplifies the wide range of ways in which ICT can be used to radically improve the quality of pupils’ experience of learning history.
